743 Above All Others

Xia Ling kept quiet.

Her eyelashes fluttered for a while as her body sank deeper into the chair.

Her dress was swaying in the wind, and her voice became as light as a feather, "What has that got to do with me?"

She was saying it to Li Lei as much as it was to herself.

She was no longer the little girl from back then that wanted nothing but to be with Li Lei. The person she was now had been through several heartbreaks and suffering for different reasons. Hence, as much as she wanted him… it was not enough for her to sacrifice everything anymore.

The journey up the mountain had reignited some passion inside her, but whatever it was, it had faded the moment the sentence was uttered.

Li Lei knelt down beside her chair and held her hand. "Xiao Ling, I've been treating your brother like my own…"

"So, you want me to treat your grandfather like my own?"